On a recent show I was asked (minutes before needed onscreen) to display a timer for some group interaction. Of course the answer was ‘no problem’… and I got to work. Here is the result:
Making this visual timer is easy.
1. Here is my sample slide, using PPT 2007’s Civic template.
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Jan/PopQuiz_1.jpg)
2. Next I created 2 cirlces of identical size. For the “timer” cirlce I made it red and applied some Shape Styling.
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Jan/PopQuiz_2.jpg)
3. Using the alignment tools both circles are set to stack and then positioned on slide.
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Jan/PopQuiz_3.jpg)
4. Apply an entrance animation to the top/red circle:
– Wheel
– 1 Spoke
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Jan/PopQuiz_5.jpg)
5. Customize the time (of the entrance animation) to anything up to 99 minutes.
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Jan/PopQuiz_4.jpg)
6. Run the show!
– Troy @ TLC